Reference no: EM133145585
Textbook: Griffin, Ricky W., Phillips, Jean M., Gully, Stanley M. (2019). Organizational Behavior: Managing People and Organizations (Ed. 12.). United States: Cengage Learning. ISBN-13: 978-0357042502
Read:
- Chapter Four (Griffin et al., 2019): Motivating Behavior
1. If your boss was not sure it would be worth the investment to change the company's hiring practices to include an evaluation of applicants' attitudes, what would you tell him or her?
2. Do you think that it would be easy to influence a subordinate's attitudes, values, or emotions? Why? Which would have the largest influence on the employee's behavior? Why?
3. What are the components of an individual's attitude? Relate each component to an attitude you currently have about something.
4. Do terminal or instrumental values have a larger influence on your behavior at work? Explain.
5. Think of a person you know who seems to have positive affectivity. Think of another who has more negative affectivity. How constant are they in their expressions of mood and attitude?
6. How does perception affect behavior? What stereotypes do you form about people? Are they good or bad?
7. Recall a situation in which you made attributions and describe them using the framework supplied in Figure 4.5.
8. What are the major stressors for a student? What consequences are students most likely to suffer as a result of too much stress?
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